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Colorado Revised Statutes Title 12. Professions and Occupations § 12-140-102. Definitions

Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

As used in this article 140, unless the context otherwise requires:

(1) “Designee” means an individual designated by a nontransplant tissue bank registered in accordance with section 12-140-103.

(2) “Human remains” means all or any portion of the physical remains of a dead human who was born alive.

(3)(a) “Nontransplant tissue bank” means a person that, for any purpose other than transplantation into a living human being, and with the intent of further distribution, provides or engages in at least one of the following for the storage and distribution of human remains:

(I) Recovery;

(II) Collection;

(III) Acquisition;

(IV) Distribution;

(V) Screening;

(VI) Storage; or

(VII) Arrangement.

(b) “Nontransplant tissue bank” does not include:

(I) An eye bank, an organ procurement organization, or a tissue bank, as those terms are defined in section 15-19-202(10), (16), and (31), respectively;

(II) A funeral establishment registered in accordance with section 12-135-110;

(III) A crematory registered in accordance with section 12-135-303; or

(IV) An approved medical college, as defined in section 12-240-104(3), or similar educational institution that accepts human remains primarily for its own educational or research purposes.

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